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            <p>Fantasy Football Hub's resident Fantasy Premier League (FPL) captaincy expert <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisTanFPL">Chris Tan</a> takes a close look at the best FPL captain options for Gameweek 18.</p>
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<h2><strong>Best FPL captain for Gameweek 18: The candidates</strong></h2>
<p>None of the big boys returned last week. Is that a sign we need to start looking elsewhere for captaincy? Here are the main candidates this week - note there's no <strong>Erling Haaland (£13.9m) </strong>because of the <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-blank-double-gameweek-guide">blank gameweek</a>.</p>
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<li><strong>Callum Wilson (£7.8m)</strong> v Luton (A)</li>
<li><strong>Kieran Trippier (£6.9m)</strong> v Luton (A)</li>
<li><strong>Son Heung-min (£9.8m)</strong> v Everton (H)</li>
<li><strong>Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) </strong>v Arsenal (H)</li>
<li><strong>Ollie Watkins (£8.4m)</strong> v Sheffield United (H)</li>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60603" class="wp-caption-text">Chris's captaincy candidates for Gameweek 18</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 18: Our performance</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60583" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 18 best captain - our performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 18: Top performers</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60592" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 18 best captain - top performers</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 18: The fixtures</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60581" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 18 best captain - fixtures</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 18: Twitter poll</h2>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60593" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 18 best captain - Twitter poll</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 18: Players' records</h2>
<p>Salah has only failed to score once against Arsenal at Anfield.</p>
<p>Son blanked his last two against Everton but did score at home against them the season before.</p>
<p>Watkins - struggled against Chris Wilder's Sheffield United last time they were in the league.</p>
<p>Wilson and Trippier haven’t faced Luton in the league before.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-60584" class="wp-caption-text">FPL Gameweek 18 best captain - past performance</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Best FPL captain for Gameweek 18: Members' stats breakdown</h2>
<p>The stats are filtered to show them per start for the individual players and by appearance for the teams for the previous six gameweeks.</p>
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